DVD: Tarantula (1955) A giant guinea pig. A mutated man. An experiment gone horribly wrong. The titular tarantula which has grown bigger than a house. A young (uncredited) Clint Eastwood as a fighter pilot. The above alone should already be tempting you to buy this title from Umbrella Entertainment. The planet is heading for disaster […]
Blu-ray: Oleanna (1994) Writer/director David Mamet brings to the screen his play ‘Oleanna’, which debuted onstage in 1992 and starred William H. Macy and Rebecca Pidgeon in the 2 lead roles. 2 years later and Macy is still cast as college professor John, while Debra Eisenstadt replaces Pidgeon as Carol; one of John’s students. Oleanna […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Apprentice to Murder (1988) The cinematic equivalent of a firework that takes forever to light only to go off with an unsatisfying and weird pop minutes after you were convinced it was a dud. Apprentice to Murder tells the story of Billy (Chad Lowe), a full-time mill worker living in Pennsylvania in […]
Blu-ray: Tideland (2005) Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland) is a young girl living in squalor with her drug addicted parents. When her mother (Jennifer Tilly) passes away due to an overdose, her father (Jeff Bridges) takes her to a dilapidated remote Texas house where her Grandmother lives. It is at this house where her strange journey takes […]
DVD: Beast of Burden (2018) Beast of Burden is the story of Sean (Daniel Radcliffe), a dishonourably discharged ex-air force pilot who has taken a job as a drug mule to pay for his wife’s cancer treatment. The flight we join him on however is a little different to his usual trips. This time he […]
Blu-ray: The Odessa File (1974) Based on the novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File is a taut thriller which unravels against the backdrop of the aftermath of WWII, and the atrocities of the German SS. Peter Miller (the always watchable Jon Voight), through a moment of fate, comes into possession […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996) A floppy-haired British love interest? A hilarious case of mistaken Identity? A cast of financially stable idiots making comedically stupid decisions for an hour and a half to one of the most puke-worthy soundtracks you’ll ever hear? This certainly is a 90s romantic comedy. The […]
DVD: Versailles (Series 3) More sex and ruffles from French pay TV operator Canal Plus in its English-language series about Versailles and the French aristocracy who dwell there in Monsieur. A fantastic beginning with a horse galloping into shot, its hooded horseman arriving at the deepest dungeon in the Bastille, removing the hood we find […]
On Demand & Digital Download: The Last Movie Star (2017) Writer/Director Adam Rifkin has crafted a heartfelt, emotional and poignant movie that had me in its grip for every second of its wonderful 90+ minute running time, and will most definitely be in my top 10 movies of 2018…if not of all time! Unfolding as […]
Blu-ray: Dagon (2001) The 3rd in Umbrella Entertainment’s excellent ‘Beyond Genres’ series (make sure to read our reviews of Vol 1 and Vol 2) once again showcases a collaboration between Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna. This time however, the re-animation process has been replaced by something far more fishy. Gordon and Yuzna go to the H.P. […]